RMY Auctions, Introduction to my fellow collectors!

[Forever Young]

Originally Posted by Lordstan

Ben,
I'm sorry to tell you, but we all took a vote.
Your collection as it stands is too good. so you will be forbidden from bidding in any of Rhys' auctions!!!!!!
Best,
Mark

You are ALL GOING DOWN.....

HAHA! JK

[RCMcKenzie]

Good luck with the auctions and the soccer coaching. Tell those guys not to chase the ball or to kick the other team in the shins.

[Scott Garner]

Rhys,
Congrats on your new auction and I wish you much success!

For those of you that did not make the Chicago National this year:
FYI, Rhys had a sampling of many of his photos on display.

If the examples that he showed are any indication of the photos that he will be offering, his auctions will be tremendous!

Rhys has been a terrific resource and a stand up guy.
I really appreciate all of the fresh material that he finds that have helped me build my personal collection.

I have registered as well.

[thecatspajamas]

Originally Posted by Forever Young

You are ALL GOING DOWN.....

HAHA! JK

The Curse of the Ben Weino strikes again!


Seriously though, good luck, Rhys, with your new venture (not that you need any luck with photos like those! Wowzas!) I'm looking forward to many long hours of envious window shopping

[Bumpus Jones]

Good luck Rhys! Your a class act.

[bobfreedman]

Ben, we are limiting you to one purchase per auction per year

[Lordstan]

Bob,
Let's not be too harsh on Ben. I think that limit only applies to Lou Gehrig pictures. He can buy as many Ruth's as he wants.

Curse of the Ben Weino! Nice Lance.
I prefer Darth Weinar.

Rhys,
When will the previews be up?

Mark

[prewarsports]

The good thing abut having access to large groups of photos and picking only the absolute best images is that I can afford to be picky. By the end of next week the full auction will be up for preview, with an ending date scheuled around September 21-28 depending on when the preview is up.

I appreciate all the support

Rhys Yeakley

[sayhey24]

Wow!
Good luck Rhys!

Greg

[Runscott]

Just registered. Can't allow Ben to get all the good stuff.

Good luck, Rhys

[mybestbretts]

Don't know if you will have anything for me, but I just signed up

[obcbeatle]

Just signed up ... really look forward to the first auction! I didn't see the sneak preview slideshow mentioned in the original post, but maybe the catalog is just offline at the moment. I'll check the website later. Thanks!

[martindl]

Congratulation Rhys on the new endeavor. Much luck and success to you.

I've been around this board for a while, well into the earlier days and a more giving person than Rhys you will not find. Truly one of the good guys.

[cwazzy]

Any idea when the preview will be up?

[Forever Young]

Originally Posted by cwazzy

Any idea when the preview will be up?

I thought it was stated as last week.. but that obviously was not accurate. I can't wait to see these images. NEA archives has a lot of great shots and I am sure Ryths is busy! Hurry up Ryths, we are jonesing!!

[LincolnVT]

Best of luck. I look forward to the up-coming auction. Nice to have an auction specifically dedicated to vintage photos.

Ethan

[ethicsprof]

thanks much for the quick and helpful response.
I was thinking it might be from a big archive recently uncovered because I had bought
25 or so photos in the last year from historic images, all of which were NEA stamped. I'm mighty grateful that two houses that I think highly of were able
to get such beauties for us.
all the best,
Barry

[Scott Garner]

Wow! Nothing short of AMAZING!

[Lordstan]

Great photos Rhys.
I noticed you are not using the Type system.
Are you going to be explaining what a Vintage photo 1,2,3, etc are in your rules or FAQ?

[prewarsports]

Yes, tomorrow the rules will go up with all that (before bidding starts).

It is essentially the same thing but I have a 5 year window for "vintage 1" and the others "vintage 2" and "vintage 3" just help differentiate between an old 2nd generation and one made yesterday.

For example

1921 Babe Ruth Bird Photo lot #6

"Vintage 1" would give it (approx) up to 1926 to have been developed off the original negative

"Vintage 2" would be if it was made before 1931 (another 5 years)

"Vintage 3" gives it approx. 20 years, or pre 1950 (whichever is later)

This allows for a differentiation between a 1923 Babe Ruth and a 2013 Babe Ruth photo as listed above. Right now they are the exact same "type 2" but of course one is much more valuable than the other.

We will also call Wire photos what they are "Wire" and not figure them into our number system. We will also note photos that are not from the original negative with (b) after it. So a vintage 1921 photo of the Babe Ruth with a bird that was done from a copy negative would be "Vintage 1(b)".

It is actually a very easy, very concise system that takes the good of the "Type System" and improves upon the areas which needed to be tweaked.

It will all be explained in the Rules tomorrow, but just throwing it out there now so you can can ask questions or whatever. Also, if something does not make sense and you want to speak to me privately about it, my e mail is below and I am also available to talk on the phone and will give any forum member my cell number via e mail.

Rhys Yeakley

[Lordstan]

Rhys,
Thanks for the explanation.